Sascha Vermeylen is panel manager at LiCalab. She manages, together with her fellow panel managers, the LiCalab user panel and panel database, and is jointly responsible for the operational running of the various activities.
Sascha holds a master's degree in Social and Economic Sciences from the University of Antwerp. Since 2018, she has been panel manager and researcher for LiCalab at Thomas More University of Applied Sciences. Together with her fellow panel managers, Sascha manages the LiCalab user panel and maintains the user panel database, in compliance with GDPR. This panel consists of about 900 elderly people and more than 300 healthcare professionals and care organisations.
She is also co-responsible for the operational side of the living lab activities, such as setting up co-creation sessions, real life testing, human factor studies and surveys. Finally, she maintains the research group's various communication channels, such as the monthly newsletter via Mailchimp and social media.
